A long time admirer of the Lucienne and Robin Day consultancy team’s 25 year designs for The John Lewis Partnership and the iconic John Lewis logo created by Hans Schelger, Anya celebrates their inspiration in this limited edition installation.

Artful incorporation of the John Lewis logo. (photo – worklondonstyle)

Hindmarch is the only accessories designer to hold an on-schedule London Fashion Week show. Recent show highlights incorporated a 120-strong male choir, a giant mirrored kaleidoscopic set and floating models.

Light bulb Bathurst satchel and scarf. (photo -worklondonstyle)

Anya Hindmarch is known for collections that marry cutting-edge craftsmanship with wit and creativity.

This last year has been an epic journey for me establishing my business http://www.engelaminshull.com globally and completing an international coaching certification program. I am now a Divine Living Certified Business Coach.

Graduating as a Divine Living Certified Coach in Los Angeles.

The journey to entrepreneurship starts with the decision to ignore all stop signs in your mind and truly GO for what you want! As an entrepreneur it is also important to check in for little pit stops and nourishment on your way. My work and travels took me to eight cities around the world starting with London to Prague via Cape Town and then on to Paris and several visits to Lyon.

Cocktail hour in Paris with Gina DeVee and one of my style strategy clients, Erika Sheffer.

I worked from the Ritz in Miami and the Shangri-la in Sydney.

I styled five business women for branding photo shoots with renowned photographers Wendy K Yalom and Amanda Julca in Paris. My clients Joanna Turner and Erika Sheffer were featured in the Divine Living Magazine.

I spent my birthday at Versailles and celebrated the evening with special friends from around the globe at the Georges Pompidou.

Birthday celebrations with Carol Solvay at the George Pompidou in Paris.

When August came around, LA and the hospitality of Ritz Carlton, Marina del Rey beckoned. I shopped Rodeo Drive and put plans in action for an exciting joint venture over dinner at the Beverley Wilshire Hotel.

Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles with Nance Rosen.

I hiked the Temescal Canyon trail above Santa Monica, styled clients on Venice Beach and graduated with 31 women from around the world.

To start with you must be willing to embrace your strengths. Let’s take a look at the ten traits you need to become a power player.

1. Leaders keep the end in sight.
They’re aware of their company or business goals and they are self-aware. They let this vision guide their critical decisions.

Speaking to an international audience at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney, Australia.

2. They collaborate.
They work with others to share resources and to fill the gaps in their own strengths.

3. They’re prepared to serve.
It takes personal security to be able to stand in a place of conflict, where people differ and still listen respectfully, question yourself and make decisions for the greater good of the business.

4. Leaders chart their own course.
They’re not afraid of the space between their dreams and reality. They believe in the power of their dreams and they take the necessary action to take a leap of faith.

5. They reinvent themselves.
Leaders are demanding of themselves. They’re willing to invest in training and coaching and have the courage and determination to create a new reality for their business.

6. Leaders help others achieve.
They are inspired to share, mentor and uplift others by offering knowledge and resources that could springboard their success.

7. They take the initiative.
Leaders are self-starters who use their emotional intelligence, self-awareness, self-management, social skills and motivation to bring a project to fruition.

8. Leaders love to learn.

Good leaders read everything, network with people at the level to which they aspire and go back to school for additional training.

9. They fight for a good cause.
Leaders find ways to use the resources and skills they have acquired to give back. They look for opportunities to do pro-bono work.

10. Leaders are change agents.
They expose their people to opportunities to refine their skills, recommend books, meetings and training sessions. They urge people to think about who they are, what’s next and who they are developing.

I believe power is about sharing leadership, working with mentors and coaches and cultivating others to get things done with a real sense of excellence.

When I was invited to be the keynote speaker for International Women’s Day, I decided to take a look at the strategies that have propelled me to success in key industries. I spoke about the power of the individual: investment and return, self knowledge and attainable aspirations. You can see this special training video here

Delivering the keynote speech for International Women’s Day at Carnegie Room. (photo – worklondonstyle)

Having just returned from my recent visit to Australia I was reflecting on how my life has changed in the last two years. It started with a decision to combine my years of diverse experience and study to serve women entrepreneurs all over the world, teaching them to combine Business and Lifestyle through my coaching.

Soaking up the sun with Carol at Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia. (photo – worklondonstyle)

En route to the Sydney Opera House for a performance of Madame Butterfly (photo – worklondonstyle)

Speaking to an international audience on Personal Branding and Style at the Shangri-La hotel in Sydney, Australia.

Sunset walk in Sydney harbour (photo – worklondonstyle)

With Gina De Vee at the Shangri- La in Sydney, Australia

Celebrating with friends at a Sydney Soirée. (photo – worklondonstyle)

Following on from her “Journey of a Dress” retrospective in Los Angeles, Diane Von Furstenberg will continue celebrating four decades of her iconic wrap dress by taking over 12 windows and the main entrance at Galeries Lafayette’s Paris Flagship store from September 3 to 30. She will present a capsule collection of 12 dresses in 6 heritage prints as well as bags and a selection of small leather goods.

Diane in her office situated in the famous meat-packing district in New York.

From 25th of August, Diane will feature in an advertising campaign shot by Jean-Paul Goude. She is expected to attend an event at the store in late September to coincide with Paris Fashion Week.

Diane as she is set to appear in the campaign for Galeries Lafayette’s Autumn theme “Pop’timisme.” (photo – Jean-Paul Goude)

Diane launched her first line at 22 and the wrap dress based on a ballerina wrap at 26. She was motivated by the drive for independence and said, “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the women I wanted to be.”

Diane modelling the iconic wrap dress.

Her dresses have been worn by the rich and famous for their style, iconic prints and comfort and are favoured by the Duchess of Cambridge. A dress from her 1975-1976 collection has been immortalised at The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Duchess of Cambridge in DvF. (photo – Getty)

An early adopter of new technology, Von Furstenberg has designed a range of eyewear for Google Glass.

Diane Von Furstemberg for Google Glass.

Diane had her term as President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America extended through to 2016. CFDA CEO Steven Kolb said, “The board’s unanimous decision to ask Diane to stay on as president is testament to the great growth the CFDA has had under her leadership.”

Autumn/Winter 2014 (photo – Getty)

Autumn/Winter 2014 (photo – Getty)

Michael Hertz who previously worked with Bally, has been hired as Artistic Director to assist in promotion and design of ready-to-wear, accessories, aesthetic of stores and advertising campaigns.

“Personality and jewellery will conquer everything;” said Zandra Rhodes and now it has. Queen Elizabeth has bestowed one of her highest honours, a damehood, on the British fashion and textile designer.

Rhodes received the title, equivalent to a knighthood, as part of the annual Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Rhodes, born in Chatham Kent in 1940, is the daughter of a fashion instructor and graduated from The Royal College of Art in 1964. In 1968 whilst lecturing at art college, she opened The Fulham Road Clothes Shop in Chelsea with Sylvia Ayton. She set up on her own and designed her first collection in 1969.

Considered too outrageous by traditional British manufacturers she took her designs to New York where Diana Vreeland featured it in American Vogue.

On the cover of Suitcase magazine.

Famous for her vivid prints and colourful hair, she is considered a pillar of Sixties and Seventies British fashion. Having kept samples of all her work she founded the Textile and Fashion Museum in Bermondsey in 2003.

She has designed for the rich and famous, actors and royalty including Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Onassis, Freddy Mercury, Kylie Minogue, Paris Hilton, Bianca Jagger and Anastasia.

Raising Cancer Awareness (photo- Jeremy Selwyn)

Known as “The Princess of Punk” Zandra has won many awards throughout her career including ” Designer of the Year” in 1972. She was made Commander of the British Empire in 1997 and holds nine Honorary Doctorates from Universities in the USA and UK.

Rhodes lost her mother to cancer and supports Mayor Boris Johnson as Breast Cancer “ambassador” to raise awareness of the devastating disease.

Masterful combining of colour and design. (photo – Advanced Style)

Honoured with her was Hilary Mantel, author of celebrated Tudor-era novels “Bring Up The Bodies” and “Wolf Hall.”

Angelina Jolie, though not a British citizen, was made an honorary dame for her work toward eradicating sexual violence worldwide.